government organizations, the

crisis of information and the

added value of archivists

Frans Smit

Municipality of Almere

The Netherlands

Strategy

Structure

Operations

Business Information

Communication

Technology

Improvement Program in Almere

• Awareness and Leadership

• The Creator at the centre

• Experts on Organization and Information help

• Attaining clear goals

• Starting off with the most critical business

processes

The Crisis of Information

• Records can consist of everythingand can be everywhere

• No general definition, concept andperspective of information

• Information: the Fourth Revolution(Luciano Floridi)

“Us and Them” might become …

• Records Quality Managers

• Records Architects

• Records Controllers

• Records Auditors

• Records Security Officers

• Records Privacy Officers

• Etcetera ….

• Paper “Becoming a Barbarian” on

conference website

• Thank you for your attention!